Listening Session with Levantine
Connect with leading producers and get instant feedback on your music.
Join the Listening Session with Levantine Music, hosted by NEST Music Incubator. This online session is a chance for music creators to share their tracks and receive feedback from international producers.
Session Details
Moderator: Nina Zidani
Producer Panel: Abed Hathot, Omar El-Deeb
Who Can Apply
Independent music creators from Southwest Asia and North Africa, working in any genre. No AI-generated music will be accepted.
Selection Process
Sign up through the form below. Once your music is submitted, selected participants will be notified by email on October 04, 2025.
Call is open until October 02, 2025.
Listening Session will take place on October 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM (Jerusalem time) on Zoom.
Levantine Music
Levantine Music is an independent publisher and record label supporting Arab talent globally. Founded by artists for artists, Levantine Music operates as part of the broader Levantine Music Group (LMG), with offices in Los Angeles, London, and Palestine.
Abed Hathot
Co-Founder, Head of Sync & Creative - Levantine Music
Abed Hathot is a music composer, producer, and music supervisor. Winner of the Metal Hammer & Orange Golden Gods Award for Best Global Metal Band with his band Khalas, the founders of Palestinian metal and grunge. Most recently, Abed has been involved in New Age and ambient music projects generating tens of millions of streams, and used in Wellness practices worldwide like Nairuz, Fanar, Hazy Noir and others.
Abed’s work for film and TV includes Mo, Jack Ryan, Generation Hustle, Javier Movie, Speed Sisters, Prophets of Change, and many more. His label and publishing company, Levantine Music, founded in 2018, is the leading Label supporting Arab talent globally, working with artists like Llunr, Amira Jazeera, Rola Azar, Kokym, Lina Makoul, Malayka, St. Levant, Lana Lubany, and more.
Omar El-Deeb
Omar El-Deeb is a composer, songwriter, and music producer based in Los Angeles. He got his start in Cairo as a musician before shifting to producing and engineering music for commercials, as well as collaborating with artists like Cairokee, Wust El Balad, Sharmoofers and Massar Egbari. Following his calling in production and scoring for TV and film, Omar moved to Los Angeles in 2016. His recent credits in film and TV include National Geographic's Shark Fest, Netflix' The Brother's Sun and Homicide series as well as collaborating with Ludwig Goransson's team on Tenet and The Mandalorian.
